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The Rake's Progress (New Series) After Hogarth Reprinted From St. Stephen's Review.
by Merry, Tom (after Hogarth)
- Used
- Good
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Good
- Seller
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Carlisle, United Kingdom
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About This Item
The Conservative Press Company, London, no date (c.1884). Hardcover. Good. Tom Merry. Title page + 8pp + 9 full page plates by Tom Merry. Page of text with full page colour lithograph opposite. No. 3 is illustrated with 2 plates. Printed on one side of the page only. 2 lithographs by Judd & Co., others by Gilbert & Rivington. Cloth boards with gilt lettering. Covers little scuffed and bumped, spine little frayed. End papers little foxed and soiled. The plates illustrating No. 3 are water stained, in the first the staining is minimal and is mainly restricted to the margins, the second is more extensive (notably evident on verso). A little soiling and fingering to the margins of the other plates but generally fresh and bright. 36x27cms.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Jane & John Kinnaird
(GB)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 3386
- Title
- The Rake's Progress (New Series) After Hogarth Reprinted From St. Stephen's Review.
- Author
- Merry, Tom (after Hogarth)
- Illustrator
- Tom Merry
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Publisher
- The Conservative Press Company, London, no date (c.1884)
- Weight
- 0.00 lbs
- Keywords
- Gilbert & Rivington. Judd & Co. Hogarth. Tom Merry. Cartoons. Caricature
Terms of Sale
Jane & John Kinnaird
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About the Seller
Jane & John Kinnaird
Biblio member since 2006
Carlisle
About Jane & John Kinnaird
Keswick Bookshop: We have a bookshop in Keswick in the English Lake District with antiquarian and secondhand books on most subjects and a selection of maps and prints.
Glossary
Some terminology that may be used in this description includes:
- Gilt
- The decorative application of gold or gold coloring to a portion of a book on the spine, edges of the text block, or an inlay in...
- Spine
- The outer portion of a book which covers the actual binding. The spine usually faces outward when a book is placed on a shelf....
- Foxed
- Foxing is the age related browning, or brown-yellowish spots, that can occur to book paper over time. When this aging process...
- Title Page
- A page at the front of a book which may contain the title of the book, any subtitles, the authors, contributors, editors, the...
- Cloth
- "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...
- Soiled
- Generally refers to minor discoloration or staining.
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